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| Fitna controversy: Indonesia seeks to block YouTube |
| 2008-04-03 |
| Indonesia has asked Internet providers to block access to the YouTube website for carrying an anti-Islamic film produced by a right-wing Dutch lawmaker, an official said on Wednesday. Indonesia has banned broadcasts of the film ‘Fitna’ produced by Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch anti-immigration Freedom Party, and radical Muslims called for the lawmaker's death during protests outside the Dutch embassy in Jakarta this week. Indonesia's Information Minister Muhammad Nuh has written to the video-sharing website YouTube asking it to remove the film, said Cahyana Ahmadjayadi, the ministry's director general for information technology. However, users subscribing to an Internet service provided by the country's largest telecom company, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, said they could still access YouTube. Metro TV showed dozens of students burning tyres and pushing against the gate of the Dutch consulate in Medan, prompting police to hold protesters back. |
| Posted by:Fred |